respondent, formerly stationed in Lon- don, now in Washington. He feels, thinks, and writes with warmth and precision, and is clearly fashioned by na- ture and experience to carry the torch when the hands of the older newspaper columnists begin to fail. His little book-it runs to but 235 . h " b pages-was wrItten, e says, ecause of a profound conviction and a very real fear. The conviction is that we got into this war because we underestimated the price of freedom; the fear is that we shall lose the war unless we clear out of our minds several fundamental illusions that are minimizing our effort. " For, let us not fool ourselves, Cologne and Rostock and Midway, brilliant as are these victories, have not begun to win this war for us. Mr. Roosevelt said it would be long and hard, and it will be both. Mr. Reston' s book is devoted to showing us how, by an alteration in the slant of our thinking, it may be made less hard, less long, and its outcome more certain. i\.mong the illusions of which Mr. Reston makes a neat hash are those that freedom comes easy, that wars do not really settle anything, that time and money will save us, that guns, tanks, plan es, an d ships will save us, that we can win with our second team (Mr. Reston is sharply critical of some of Mr. Roosevelt's appointees), that Brit- ain and Russia are in any way the en- emy, that we are fighting to get "back to normal," and that the average non- combatant citizen can't do much about the whole situation. Mr. Reston is a valuable propagandist not only because what he says is true but because he cannot be accused of party hackwork. He is very far from being en- tirely pro-Administration, and much of his sharpest, though never malicious, criticism is directed not at you and me but at Washington. He opens his book with a wise sen- tence from Somerset Maugham, which, \vere it not so long, should be engraved on every American coin and banknote. I t is worth memorizing: "If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." -CLIFTON F ADIMAN ßR.IE..FL Y NOTE..D FICTION GENTLE ANNIE, by MacKinlay Kan- tor. An ingenious and lively nov- el about train robbers, detectives, and whatnot out in Oklahoma in 61 L Just p.!l blish d -::: -a portrait in the gre t E R E AmerIcan REV tradition () 'fHE WORLD ES; ER liE LIVED IN FORBES eß eß ': It - @ (f,'þ · \i · · . . . :::.. < . .: G, (#...:" . h.&:: !/ ',':':':'::'" :.15, attio t and a tical Atnerican - i:erty through- "{'he story of a v ry a: ered to the side of le teeming 'World ith 'Who sturdily d h int arises his 'Who d dauntless s11 erst11 · f Aroun . b undl esS ' an · his long 11 e. eJ' p and1ng, f the American out the young, . he epitome 0 teat of adventur e :- }lis biography is t. . 'Written as only a g Atnetican na lo b n. k is history, but it is . ThiS 00 ber1tag e . · it 1 . t can write · nOve 1S 195,000 printed. -:::::. ..::\tt} t : . .,:fÌ!J: :..::ì, $3. 15 b Club selection. A Book_of-the-Mont .,=" ffiIJIj ^..;..: .'? 1"""4 , :. . :.:':'::::: <:::::: :: ::::::::::::::":':""":':."""'"''............ ,<'" , ,ø -.." N ! HOC(;HTON MIFFLIN COMPANY PUBLISHERS i' % . .' ;,.i: :::: > ::9.: ;::,:::?:' For Barbecues and Picnics ;; I .....-;' K \. <. . ) ::::.' , 'f' .. jj . 1 ,....: = \..' l t _- . I . - " ....The Compleat Outdoor Chef By GEORGE W. MARTIN. How to make fireplaces, cook with charcoal and outdoor ovens. Gives hundreds of recipes and variations for all kinds of meats, game, fish, fowl, vegetables, soups, desserts. Has menu plans for 4 or 400. Even tells how to cook an alligator! Copiously illus- trated. $2.00 at your bookstore or department store, or from A. S. Barnes & Co., 67 W.44 St., N. Y. Polish up your ..' (OMIE A D @lEfDfJ (; Town! SPANISH at BERLITZ! "': T all, tinkling, taste " treat: a full jigger of Il 1" \ ) good gin-slice of lem- ," \" on-ice-and fill the glass . with the one and only origi- nal Schweppes Indian Quinine Water. Ah! The real honest-to- goodness Gin-and-Tonic as only it can be made. Thank goodness, imported Schweppes is still available at better stores and bars! You're going to need "Amer- ica's second language" more and more as our business and social contacts with South America develop. For 64 years Berlitz has never Jaüed! Cool air-conditioned studios SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES 630 Fifth Ave. (at 50th St.) Circle 6-1416 and in Brooklyn J 66 Court Bt. , now your American Wines Get Mary Frost Mabon's authoritative new book ABC of 9i :: II.in : :n: AMERICA'S VINEYARDS · BRANDS WINES PRICES 233 pa g es · $2 Alfred · A. Knopf · New York Schweppes INDIAN QUININE WATER :\Ianufactured and Bottled in England by SCH\YEPP:ES, Ltd. Sole U. S. Agents: raxfield & :\lcI eer, Inc., 90 West Broadway, N. Y.